Argentina national anthem: Lyrics, video & meaning of Albiceleste song

The Argentine national anthem has a deep-lying history and a beautiful meaning to it's lyrics as GOAL takes a look at it's origins.

An international fixture usually marks the start of a fierce rivalry between two nations who are vying to reach the pinnacle of the sport for their respective countries. But before a game kicks off fans around the globe stand together to sing the national anthem for their nations.

Singing at their loudest, fans and players scream their hearts out as they chant the beautiful anthem giving a major injection of confidence and support to the players who are wearing their countries' colors.

From Diego Maradona to Lionel Messi, the biggest superstars in the country's footballing history have stood on the pitch and sang the national anthem with pride in their eyes to commemorate the start of a magical performance they were gearing to put out on the pitch.

GOAL takes a look at the national anthem of the current world champions, Argentina.

The Argentine national team anthem is called 'Himno Nacional Argentino' which translates to the National Anthem of Argentina in English. The original version of the anthem talked about the country's struggles to gain independence from Spain's handcuffs.

In 1900, the anthem was shortened as the country decided to keep the first verse, the last verse, and the chorus of the original version as they removed several parts of the original piece with the struggles from Spanish dominance being removed. That's the reason whenever Argentina plays an international fixture the fans of the country recite a trimmed version of the anthem rather than the original one.

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